Anthem Chords
Anthem by Leonard Cohen is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Ab with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Am, G4, G, C, C7, E7, F, Bb and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Am G4 G
C
The birds they sang
At the break of day
G
Start again
C C7
I heard them say
E7
Don't dwell on what
Am
Has passed away
G4 G G4 G
Or what is yet to be
C
Yeah the wars they will
Be fought again
G
The holy dove
C C7
She will be caught again
E7
Bought and sold
Am
And bought again
G4 G G4 G
The dove is never free
F Bb F
Ring the bells that still can ring
Bb F
Forget your perfect offering
C Bb F
There is a crack, a crack in everything
Dm G4 G G4 G
That's how the light gets in
C
We asked for signs
The signs were sent
G
The birth betrayed
C C7
The marriage spent
E7
Yeah the widowhood
Am
Of every government
G4 G G4 G
Signs for all to see
C
I can't run no more
With that lawless crowd
G
While the killers in high places
C C7
Say their prayers out loud
E7
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
Am
A thundercloud
G4 G G4 G
And they're going to hear from me
Refrão
F Bb F
Ring the bells that still ring
Bb F
Forget your perfect offering
C Bb F
There is a crack, a crack in everything
Dm G4 G G4 G
That's how the light gets in
C
You can add up the parts
You won't have the sum
G
You can strike up the march
C C7
There is no drum
E7
Every heart, every heart
Am
To love will come
G4 G G4 G
But like a refugee
F Bb F
Ring the bells that still can ring
Bb F
Forget your perfect offering
C Bb F
There is a crack, a crack in everything
Dm G4 G G4 G
That's how the light gets in
F Bb F
Ring the bells that still can ring
Bb F
Forget your perfect offering
C Bb F
There is a crack, a crack in everything
Dm
That's how the light gets in
G4
That's how the light gets in
G G4 G
That's how the light gets in